Real Talk: Shopping While Black


The issue of racial profiling in retail stores gained national attention during the 1990s following two ABC television broadcasts (“True Colors”5 on PrimeTime Live and an ABC News 20/20 investigative report)6 and some highly-publicized lawsuits involving well-known establishments such as Eddie Bauer,7 Dillard’s Department Stores,8 and Denny’s Restaurants.


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Real Talk | Out Of Foreclosure

By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor

During the Great Depression, people sold apples in the streets to get enough money for their next meal. Fast-forward 80 years to another recession and meet Angela Logan, who is selling apple cakes to friends, neighbors and total strangers over the Internet to get enough money to save her home from foreclosure.

Like so many great ideas, it was born of sheer desperation, Logan told TODAY’s Ann Curry Tuesday in New York. After 20 years of living in her home in Teaneck, N.J., a double financial whammy pushed her to the brink of losing it.
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